KelpDAO’s rsETH Appears Hit by Reported $292 Million Exploit

The central claim has two parts: that KelpDAO's rsETH appears to have suffered an exploit, and that the attacker allegedly used Aave lending markets to sell or extract value from the stolen assets. The fetched article "ZachXBT Flags $280M+ KelpDAO Exploit Hitting Ethereum DeFi Lending Markets" directly supports both points, stating that an attacker reportedly exploited rsETH, deposited the acquired rsETH into Aave V3, and borrowed against it, creating bad debt. However, the same source reports losses above $280 million and says KelpDAO had not yet officially confirmed the exploit. Because direct access to the linked X posts failed and I could not validate an official KelpDAO or Aave statement in this run, the evidence remains report-based rather than fully primary. The wording "appears" and "reported" is therefore appropriate, but the specific "$100 million" figure is not supported by the validated source and is lower than the available reporting.